Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meet Nayda Collazo-Llorens, a visual artist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, now based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Hybrid Fellow for 2024-2025 of Rooted + Relational!
Working across various media—drawing, video, installations, and site-specific art—Nayda's work explores themes of identity and place. She holds an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, with exhibitions at venues like El Museo del Barrio, The Mattress Factory, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
In her latest installation, Nayda examines diasporic dislocations through found maps. By reimagining cartographic data as malleable materials, she uncovers new connections and narratives, inviting audiences to rethink how they perceive and navigate their world. This innovative approach challenges conventional ideas of geography and belonging, deepening our understanding of identity in a global context.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
Follow us on social media!
Instagram: instagram.com/centropr
Facebook: facebook.com/centropr
Twitter: x.com/centropr
Threads: threads.net/@centropr
TikTok: tiktok.com/@centropr
Support our work by donating today at community.hunter.cuny.edu/supportcentro
Meet Nayda Collazo-Llorens, a visual artist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, now based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Hybrid Fellow for 2024-2025 of Rooted + Relational!
Working across various media—drawing, video, installations, and site-specific art—Nayda's work explores themes of identity and place. She holds an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, with exhibitions at venues like El Museo del Barrio, The Mattress Factory, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
In her latest installation, Nayda examines diasporic dislocations through found maps. By reimagining cartographic data as malleable materials, she uncovers new connections and narratives, inviting audiences to rethink how they perceive and navigate their world. This innovative approach challenges conventional ideas of geography and belonging, deepening our understanding of identity in a global context.
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. Learn more at centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
Follow us on social media!
Instagram: instagram.com/centropr
Facebook: facebook.com/centropr
Twitter: x.com/centropr
Threads: threads.net/@centropr
TikTok: tiktok.com/@centropr
Support our work by donating today at community.hunter.cuny.edu/supportcentro
